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The open ocean: Status and trends volume 5 - Summary for policy makers
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)The Open Ocean Assessment provides a baseline review of issues linking human well-being with the status of the open ocean through the themes of governance, climate change, ocean ecosystems, fisheries, pollution, and ... -
Opening the Door to Cleaner Vehicles in Developing and Transition Countries:The Role of Lower Sulphur Fuels - Report of the Sulphur Working Group of the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)
(2012)This publication provides information to help policymakers in developing and transi- tion countries understand the effects of the presence of sulphur in transportation fuels and the options available to lower sulphur levels ... -
Opportunistic Settlers and the Problem of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis Leidyi Invasion in the Black Sea. GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 58
(1997)Opportunistic Settlers and the Problem of the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis Leidyi Invasion in the Black Sea -
Opportunities and Challenges Facing Farmers in Transitioning to a Green Economy Agriculture Practice - UNEP Perspectives No. 5
(2012)This policy paper has been prepared to highlight the key opportunities and challenges confronting farmers throughout the world as they consider and adopt practices that contribute to green economic development, poverty ... -
Opportunities and Challenges for Community-Based Seagrass Conservation
(2020)Seagrass meadows are important marine ecosystems, providing a range of services including carbon sequestration, nursery habitats for fish and coastal protection. They are suffering rapid global decline in the face of ... -
Options Analysis and Feasibility Study for the Long Term Storage of Mercury in Latin America and the Caribbean: Final Draft Report
(2010)Mercury is a highly toxic metal. Being an element, mercury cannot be broken down or degraded into harmless substances. Mercury may change between different states and species in its cycle. Once mercury has been released ... -
Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water Use and Water Pollution - Factsheet
(2016)Global trends point to a relative decoupling of water – that is, the rate of water resource use is increasing at a rate slower than that of economic growth. The Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water Use and ... -
Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water Use and Water Pollution: A Report of the Water Working Group of the International Resource Panel
(2015)Global trends point to a relative decoupling of water – that is, the rate of water resource use is increasing at a rate slower than that of economic growth. The Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water Use and ... -
Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water Use and Water Pollution: A Report of the Water Working Group of the International Resource Panel - Summary for Policy Makers
(2015)Global trends point to a relative decoupling of water – that is, the rate of water resource use is increasing at a rate slower than that of economic growth. The Options for Decoupling Economic Growth from Water Use and ... -
Orangutans and the economics of sustainable forest management in Sumatra
(UNEP, 2011)Deforestation is responsible for approximately 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and is therefore a major contributor to climate change, but also to the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services and a direct threat ... -
Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa: UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity-building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
(2008)This study examines the relationship between organic agriculture and food security in Africa, particularly East Africa, which is where UNCTAD and UNEP have, through their joint Capacity-Building Task Force on Trade, ... -
Organic Agriculture: A Step towards the Green Economy in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region - Case Studies from Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine
(2011)This report is about the contribution that organic agriculture can make in the EECCA region in the context of the green economy. It is mainly based on three national case studies, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine. Information ... -
Organization of Food Quality Control in the USSR and other Countries
(1985)In the Soviet Union state control in the sphere of environmental protection is exercised by a number of state bodies over the activities of Ministries, departments, state, cooperative and public organizations and enterprises, ... -
Organization Profile - United Nations Environment Programme
(2006)UNEP is the United Nations system’s designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the ... -
Orientaciones para la evaluacion del impacto ambiental en los paises en desarrollo - lnformes y Estudios del Programa de Mares Regionales del PNUMA No. 85
(1987)Una de las premisas b.isicas para un desarrollo sostenible es el reconocimiento de que el medio ambiente y el desarrollo no se excluyen mutuamente antes bien son complementarios e interdependientes y, a la larga, se refuerzan ... -
Our Common Seas: Coasts in Crisis
(1990)Most of the world's population lives on or near the coasts. Every nation not completely landlocked has used the sea as its supposedly self-cleansing garbage dump. Now the effects are being felt. There is not a coast in the ... -
Our land our future
(UNEP, 1999)Human development can only lead to ever greater degradation of the land all of us depend on. An urgently need strategy is required to permit both development and conservation. The starting point of that strategy is land itself. -
Our Nutrient World: The Challenge to Produce More Food and Energy with Less Pollution
(2013)Without swift and collective action, the next generation will inherit a world where millions may suffer from food insecurity caused by too few nutrients, where the nutrient pollution threats from too much will become more ... -
Our Planet - October 2016: Urban solutions: Making cities strong, smart, sustainable
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2016-10)In this issue of Our Planet, government leaders, environmental policy makers, and experts in settlements and urban health examine the challenges and opportunities of our rapidly urbanizing world.